Linda Puchala is an American government official who has served as a member of the National Mediation Board (NMB) since 2009.

Puchala started as a flight attendant in 1969 with North Central Airlines;[1] in a 1985 article she noted that was a time when women had to resign when they married or reached age 32.

[3] In 1979 she was elected as president of the Association of Flight Attendants and, once she convinced her family to move to Washington, DC,[4] she served in that role until 1986.

[6] As noted in the 1982 book From sky girl to flight attendant: women and the making of a union, she faced multiple challenges including airline deregulation and rising costs.

[11] In 1985, when Puchala was denied a place on the executive committee of the Air Line Pilots Association, labor activists were surprised and noted that despite advances, women were still not treated equally in the workplace.